The Diary of Anne Frank (1967 film)
The Diary of Anne Frank was a 1967 TV film based on the book The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. The teleplay was directed by Alex Segal and it was adapted from the play of the same name by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich. The film starred Max von Sydow, Diana Davila, Peter Beiger, Theodore Bikel and Lilli Palmer.[1]
Summary
In 1942, the Netherlands, a Nazi-occupied country, has become a place where Jews are being captured and murdered by the Nazis. Otto Frank (Max von Sydow) and his family go into hiding in the office building of his company, Opekta, assisted by his Christian friends and co-workers: Victor Kugler, Johannes Kleiman, Miep Santrouschitz-Gies and Bep Voskuijl. During this uncomfortable time in hiding, Otto's teenage daughter, Anne Frank (Diana Davila), describes in her diary the unbearable circumstances of life inside the "annex", as well as the injustices occurring in the world outside.
See also
- List of Holocaust films
- List of films about Anne Frank
- Anne Frank Remembered, a 1995 TV documentary about Anne Frank
- The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank, a 1988 TV miniseries about Anne Frank
- Anne Frank: The Whole Story, a 2001 TV miniseries about Anne Frank